Chapter 343 Bustling Yucheng Village
Chen Yuan’s home.

Chen Yuan got up early today. If it were any other day, he would definitely stay up late to work overtime on the script. In the morning, if not sleep until he wakes up naturally, he would at least sleep until around eight o’clock before getting up lazily.

But not today.

Today is the day of Yucheng Village’s year-end meeting. The whole village is waiting and looking forward to it. We can’t let them down and keep everyone waiting.

I got up at seven o’clock, washed up, and went downstairs to have dinner.

“Are we going to Laotang now?” Before 7:30, Chen Yuan’s family of three had finished packing. Chen Jun took out a cigarette box, handed it to Chen Yuan and asked.

Normally, the village committee convenes a meeting of the entire village, usually in the village square, but it is too cold outside in winter, so they choose to hold it on the third floor of Laotang.

It just happened that we didn’t have to move after the meeting, so we had our dinner on the third floor.

The dining area on the third floor has a lot of space. Although there are only about 500 dining seats planned, there are definitely more than a thousand villagers in Yucheng Village now, and it seems that there is not enough space for everyone.

But a dinner party in Yucheng Village does not require any pomp and circumstance. All the space that should be used should be utilized, and if we squeeze together we can still have some seats. Wang Tao had planned this yesterday.

“Mom and Dad, you guys go first. I’ll go to the village committee to find Uncle Bin.” Chen Yuan took the cigarette, lit it, took a deep puff, exhaled the smoke and said.

“Okay, your dad and I will go over there first to make arrangements. The lunch group will get busy first.” Tang Ying nodded.

It is right for Chen Yuan to go find Chen Wenbin. One is the village secretary and the other is the leader. Yucheng Village is now led by the two of them, and the village meeting will definitely have to discuss some things.

And the lunch box team is really busy.

All restaurants in Yucheng Village are closed, so for the dinner after the year-end meeting this year, only their lunch box group can prepare. Of course, it’s not boxed lunch, but Chinese food.

With Lin Cuiju and Xu Juan as chefs, the food is as good as that in a five-star hotel.

“Whoo~”

Chen Jun and Tang Ying went over first. Chen Yuan finished his cigarette, threw away the cigarette butt and stomped it out, closed the door of the main room, walked out of the yard, rode his tricycle straight to the village committee.

“Uncle Bin.”

Chen Wenbin had arrived a long time ago and was printing some documents in the office.

“I’m here. Wait for me for two minutes.” Chen Wenbin smiled brightly.

The happiest person today is probably not Chen Yuan, not the villagers who will get dividends, nor the children who have food and fun, but Chen Wenbin.

In just half a year, Yucheng Village has undergone earth-shaking changes. Not only has it regained the unity and cohesion of the old village chief’s era, but the villagers have also become more prosperous.

This is what he has always wanted to do, but with the development of the times and the progress of society, reality and dreams are drifting further and further apart, and he is unable to resist the tide of the times.

Originally his heart had been silent, but Chen Yuan’s return to the village rekindled his hope, and what he even achieved was far beyond his imagination.

Sometimes when he calmed down and thought about it, he felt that this all seemed like a dream.

But what is certain is that this is the dream he wants.

“The dividend list has been printed out. Take a look and see if there is anything you want to add.”

Chen Wenbin printed out the information, sorted it out and handed it to Chen Yuan.

“How can I not trust Uncle Bin’s work?” Chen Yuan smiled and waved his hand, took out a cigarette from his pocket, opened it, flicked it twice, took out a cigarette and handed it over.

Chen Wenbin is very rigorous and fair in his work, and I have looked at this list last time and there is no problem at all.

“You boy.”

Chen Wenbin raised his finger and pointed at Chen Yuan several times, then took the cigarette and lit it, “Are you ready? If you are, notify the whole village to hold a meeting.”

“Follow Uncle Bin’s arrangements.” Chen Yuan said with a smile, holding a cigarette in his mouth.

“Let’s go, first to the broadcasting room, and then to Laotang.” Chen Wenbin shook his head and smiled. Knowing Chen Yuan’s character, he didn’t say anything and went straight to the broadcasting room with a cigarette in his mouth.

Chi Chi.

Two minutes later, a burst of electric sound came from the village loudspeaker. Everyone straightened their expressions and pricked up their ears to listen carefully.

“Hey, hey.”

Chen Wenbin tried the sound effects as usual, and when he heard the sound coming from the loudspeaker outside, he continued:
“It’s almost time. All the villagers in Yucheng Village, after you have breakfast and clean up, you can come to the dining area on the third floor of Laotang to prepare to attend our village’s year-end meeting.”

“If there is no special reason, please try to come. Today we will not only have a summary, but also dividends and arrangements for next year’s work, which are all closely related to everyone’s interests.”

“Secondly, due to limited space, there are not enough tables and chairs in the dining area, so every household brings a long bench when they come.”

“Also, if there are elderly people around here who have difficulty moving, please give them a hand.”

“Finally, the Yucheng Village year-end meeting will officially begin at 8:30. Please come in an orderly manner.”

In the broadcasting room, as Chen Wenbin uttered his last word, he reached out to turn off the microphone, and the hissing sound of electricity stopped abruptly.

Yucheng Village became lively.

“Let’s go, let’s go to the third floor of Laotang to help.”

Chen Dequan had been prepared for a long time. When he heard Chen Wenbin’s call, he stood up, picked up a long bench, ran out of the yard, put it in the bucket of the tricycle, and rushed to Laotang impatiently.

“Let’s go to the third floor of Laotang. Xiaolin, there are many people here today, please take good care of Xueling.”

Zhou Jianming threw away the cigarette butt, brushed off the ashes on his body, called the family over, and specifically told Zhou Lin to take good care of Liang Xueling.

Although the dining area is large, the tables, chairs and benches take up a lot of space. With thousands of people in Yucheng Village, it seems particularly crowded.

Besides, there were many children returning to the village, and it would be bad if they bumped into each other while jumping around. After all, Liang Xueling was already in the late stage of pregnancy, and it was eight months at most.

Counting by weeks, it is now 34 weeks plus eight and a half months, and the expected date of delivery will be next month.

“Dad, slow down.”

Chen Nan helped his father walk out of the yard, and his mother followed behind carrying a long bench. After putting it in the truck bed, she helped her wife get in and headed straight for Laotang.

Every household in the village got involved.

Some people carried long benches and walked to Laotang. If someone passed by on a tricycle, they would ask for a ride. Some people brought their children with them, and the children would just walk and play as they walked.

Others drive around and look around at the neighbors, then pick up the older ones. It’s not to show off, but just to make it easier for them to pick up people.

After all, it’s winter and it’s cold outside, so the older generation won’t catch a cold riding on a tricycle.

The villagers were very quick and sprang into action the moment they heard the announcement. Within two minutes, tricycles and cars flooded into Laotang and the crowd gathered.

“Hey, isn’t this Gangzi? When did you come back?”

“Hey, Chen Wandou, we came back last night. Wow, your child is this big now?”

“Come here, call Brother Chen.”

“Fuck you~”

More and more people gathered, greeting each other and chatting, it was very lively.

Most of them have traveled far and wide, and may not have the chance to come back during the holidays. Many of my childhood playmates I haven’t seen for several years, so it’s a rare pleasure to get together now.

“Yucheng Village is bustling now.”

“It has changed a lot. Without mentioning anything else, just look at this building in front of you, Chenyuan Hot Spring, it is more magnificent than those hot spring hotels in the city.”

“It is because Yucheng Village has changed so much that I came back this year to take a look.”

“It must be said that Chen Yuan is quite capable. He is able to combine rural resources to expand his business to such a large scale. He is really capable.” “You are probably looking for a fight. There are so many people here, and you still dare to call Chen Yuan a kid? You should call him Boss Chen.”

“I don’t do his business.”

It was obvious that these words were spoken by young people, or people of the same generation as Chen Yuan, or even a few years older. They were the little kids who used to follow behind them, but they had no contact with them in all these years. It was really a bit strange for them to suddenly respectfully call him Boss Chen.

The most important thing is, no matter how powerful you are, it has nothing to do with me. We are in different circles and basically have no intersection.

They were relatively better off. They returned to the village to see what was going on. At least they acknowledged that Chen Yuan was capable. Some younger students, who still liked to sleep in, were forced to come here early in the morning. They were shivering with cold and were now muttering some complaints.

What does it have to do with me? Isn’t it sweet to sleep?
You can be awesome, but don’t affect my pace.

Of course there are also happy ones, such as the little kids who want to play the rides in the amusement park.

“Go upstairs first and play later.”

Parents took their children upstairs, and more and more people gathered, like a sea of ​​villagers. They did not crowd downstairs, but went to the third floor one after another in an orderly manner.

There are people on the third floor.

Chen Guo and Chen Jun, as well as the two brothers Chen Mo and Chen Ming were all here. Chen Dequan, Zhou Jianming and others who arrived later helped with the arrangements.

Most of the villagers continued chatting, and occasionally you could hear some talk about dividends. This was normal. Among the villagers who came today, who didn’t look forward to dividends?

Of course, there were also many villagers helping out, either by setting up tables, chairs and benches, or by helping directly in the kitchen, especially those who had applied for the lunch box group and would be working after the holiday.

“Let’s go, it’s almost time, we should go over there.”

As the villagers were heading quickly to the dining area, Chen Wenbin from the village committee picked up a file bag and a loudspeaker, and pulled a large box, and called Chen Yuan to get ready to go over.

“Uncle Bin, I’ll get it.”

Chen Yuan was very considerate and took the speaker and the box. He felt the weight and exclaimed in surprise, “Wow, why is it so heavy? What’s in it, Uncle Bin?”

“you guess?”

Chen Wenbin raised the corner of his mouth and shook the list in his hand.

“Isn’t it cash?”

Chen Yuan understood the hint from Chen Wenbin shaking the list, and his eyes widened slightly with surprise on his face.

“I learned from you that transferring money is just a string of cold numbers. It’s not as exciting as cash. So these few days, I deliberately changed it into cash.” Chen Wenbin said with a smile.

Chen Yuan returned to the village to do business, and he watched the whole process. Whether it was the rewards for returning to Xiaotang or the competition activities of the Chongshi Fishing Sports Association, they were all distributed in cash. The sense of excitement and visual impact were indeed very strong.

“Uncle Bin, you are awesome~”

Chen Yuan immediately gave Chen Wenbin a thumbs up. This time, the dividend of Yucheng Village was more than one million yuan. It would be so shocking to see a box of cash laid out.

He could already imagine that when the cash was laid out, the villagers would be excited and their eyes would definitely light up.

“Let’s go.”

Chen Wenbin smiled and said little.

He put the box full of cash into the truck bed, threw in a horn, jumped on the tricycle, and headed straight for Laotang with Chen Wenbin.

“Secretary Chen.”

“Boss Chen.”

There were a few villagers passing by downstairs, holding stools in their hands. When they saw Chen Yuan and Chen Wenbin riding their tricycles over, they greeted them enthusiastically.

“Have all the villagers arrived?” Chen Wenbin nodded with a smile and then asked.

“Everyone is here and their seats have been arranged.” The villagers responded with a smile.

“That’s good, let’s go, let’s all go up.”

Chen Wenbin called on the villagers to go up together.

“Secretary Chen and Boss Chen are here.”

We took the elevator to the third floor. As we got out of the elevator, the villagers next to the elevator saw Chen Yuan and Chen Wenbin and started cheering enthusiastically.

In an instant, all the villagers looked over, and many of them greeted him with clasped hands.

“Good good.”

Chen Yuan and Chen Wenbin also waved in response and slowly moved towards the lunch box window opposite.

There were a lot of people, at least a thousand or so, and the original tables in the dining area had been neatly arranged, the dining chairs had been removed, and many decorations had also been removed to make the space feel wider.

Even so, there were still huge crowds of people and it was a bit crowded.

Of course, if they just squeezed into the existing dining seats, there would be no room for everyone, so many villagers brought long benches and placed them in the original viewing area and aisles.

Families with children can bring their children inside that row of shops so that it does not seem so crowded.

“Secretary Chen.”

“Boss Chen.”

When they came to the lunch box opening, the older people in the front row who were able to stand stood up. With them taking the lead, the other villagers dared not express their opinions.

“Sit down, old man.”

Chen Yuan and Chen Wenbin hurried forward to help the older people sit down.

Chen Jun and Chen Guo, as well as brothers Chen Mo and Chen Ming were also maintaining order here. Seeing Chen Yuan looking over, they nodded slightly, indicating that they were ready.

Chen Yuan and Chen Wenbin then came to a long table covered with a red cloth and put the big box on the table. In an instant, the noisy dining area gradually became quiet.

Everyone looked at them.

“You come?”

Chen Wenbin gestured to Chen Yuan.

“Uncle Bin has to take control of this matter. I can’t do it yet.”

Chen Yuan smiled and handed over the loudspeaker very politely. Yucheng Village was Uncle Bin’s Yucheng Village, so how could he interfere in other people’s affairs, even if he was the locomotive?

Chen Wenbin smiled and nodded at Chen Yuan.

He did not refuse. Under everyone’s gaze, he picked up the trumpet, cleared his throat, and said:
“Fellow villagers of Yucheng Village, I am Chen Wenbin. I called you all here today because I want to chat with you. After all, we in Yucheng Village haven’t had a reunion like this for a long, long time.”

Some sighs and lamentations.

Young people may not feel much, but the older generations, as well as Chen Jun and his generation, all came from the era of the old village chief.

At that time, Yucheng Village was a collective, a big family, just like it is now, except that there was a gap of more than ten or twenty years in between.

Fortunately, the familiar Yucheng Village is back again.

“I believe everyone knows that under the leadership of Chen Yuan, Yucheng Village has achieved many very good results and led Yucheng Village to a path of prosperity and strength.”

“Today, I will talk to you about the achievements of Yucheng Village.”

After a pause, Chen Wenbin continued speaking, then opened the file bag, took out a document from it, and reported the achievements of Yucheng Village to everyone.

(End of this chapter)